POS (Planning Officers Society) 🏳️🌈

📝 Sign up to attend the District Councils' Network's upcoming lunchtime #planning webinar and #lunchandplan with us on the topic of "#NewTowns 🏘 and #GardenCities 🌳🏡: Lessons from #districtcouncils" at ⏰ 12.30pm-2pm on 7 November 2024. Join the conversation here 👇 https://lnkd.in/enHncyty Our panel of speakers includes: 🎙 Cllr Richard Wright, District Councils' Network's planning spokesperson and Leader of North Kesteven District Council 🎙 Ian Duke, Chief Executive of Crawley Borough Council 🎙 Cllr Dan Swords, Leader of Harlow Council 🎙 Chris Brook, Director of Place and Enterprise at South Hams District Council & West Devon Borough Council 🎙 Dr David Mountain, Research Manager at the Royal Town Planning Institute

What does a modern and effective Planning Committee look like? PAS Team is launching a project to discover what a modern & effective Planning Committee looks like and ultimately create some tools & resources for councils to use. To kick off the project we want to gather information and generate a national picture of how Planning Committees are currently operating. To do this we would like as many councils as possible to complete our survey. https://lnkd.in/eJsV-SES

Can you help? The Office for Place is exploring the role of medium density housing in meeting the UK’s housing needs in areas of lower land value. It needs your help to understand the current best practice, opportunities and challenges for delivery. Please complete this short survey if you have an example of medium density housing developments from across the UK, ideally delivered in the last 6 years, that are demonstrative of good design and placemaking, innovative delivery models and positive partnerships – in areas of marginal viability. The research is also seeking greater insight into the challenges, opportunities and wider considerations informing the deliverability of medium density housing in areas of lower land value. The term ‘medium density’ is not defined in planning policy, but it is generally considered to mean mid-rise housing development, of 3-7 storeys, in the form of apartments, terrace homes, maisonettes or duplexes. Tibbalds, a planning and urban design consultancy, is leading on the research on behalf of the Office for Place. Please submit responses on or before Friday, 1 November 2024 here:  https://lnkd.in/et9ZkReT #research #ukhousing #mediumdensity #ukplanning #urbandevelopment

PAS is looking to make some guidance for older persons' housing provision, both for establishing needs and processing applications. We need to understand the challenges and approaches currently taken in policy and development management for older persons’ housing, especially for the different typologies and tenures available. If you deal with these types of applications or develop planning policies, then please come along to one of the workshops we are holding. And if anyone wants to point me in the direction of best practice that would be great!! https://lnkd.in/eJKQb79p

THE PLANNING OFFICERS ADVOCATE Now Available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Our special guest this week was Mike Kiely, Chair of the Board at the POS (Planning Officers Society) 🏳️🌈, interviewed by Sasha White KC. Mary Cook provided the Latest News Updates Charlie Banner (Lord Banner KC) looked into a decision of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Building Safety & Homelessness dated 25th September 2024 allowing an appeal by a consortium led by Barratt David Wilson Homes, granting outline planning permission, in accordance with the inspector’s recommendations, for up to 1000 dwellings, secondary & primary schools, community facility & retail uses, open space & landscaped areas with associated engineering works on land between Huntingdon Toad & Hilston Road Cambridge, known Darwin Green Phases Two and Three. Chris Young KC discussed a decision of an inspector dated 18th September 2024 dismissing an appeal by Gladman Developments Ltd against the refusal by Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council to grant outline planning permission for 500 homes on highways grounds & awarding partial costs the Appellant & refusing the Council’s application for a full award of costs. Paul G Tucker KC explained the decision of an inspector dated 24th September 2024 allowing an appeal by Infinis Solar Developments Ltd against the decision of Central Bedfordshire Council to refuse an application for the installation of a solar PV park land at Brogborough Landfill Site, Woburn Road, Lidlington. Episode resources can be found on our website here: https://lnkd.in/eh5gSyHW YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eZMVNjgy Apple Podcasts and Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eB5a6fE7 We'll be back on the 17th of October, but please remember to subscribe to us on your preferred platform to be notified when new episodes become available! #HWGPNFY

👁️🗨️Discover what the Local Planning Authorities funded through Round 4 of the Digital Planning UK Gov PropTech Innovation Fund have been up to since joining the Open Digital Planning community! 🌟🏙️🚀